- This topic has 16 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 3 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Finally ditched sky and got a 2nd hand 1000s 1tb but it has a remote with a tv/av button at the top and it appears that this remote can only adjust the volume on the stb?
Now i’ve read this remote was changed out for one that can also change the tv volume but i’m struggling to find one for sale? It seems to have a dedictated Tv and STB button at the top.
Would the youview remote work ok? its seems much more reasonably priced
I have exactly the same issue with my HB-1000S.
The steps to configure the RCU to control my TV don’t work as I don’t have a backlit “TV” button, rather a TV/AV button.
Does anyone know if this RCU can be programmed to work my TV? I’ve Googled the hell out of it with no luck.
From what I can make out the remote I have is RM-108U. The remote with a backlit “TV” button is RM-109U, but Humax’s website doesn’t say this remote is compatible with my box. http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/accessories/rm-i09u.html
To add confusion, the User Manual for the HB-1000S states that to setup the RCU to control my TV I need to hold the TV button for “3 seconds until the button lights on”. This would suggest the HB-1000S comes with the RM-109U?
Any knowledge would be much appreciated!
Or treat yourself to a Logica Harmony universal remote control?
Welcome to you both
Confusion reigns and its not your fault.
The later versions of the RM108U do have the necessary backlit TV button, so check with supplier before ordering.
@lightfast – that is a Youview remote, whilst it will control your 1000S the button assignments might be confusing.
An image of new remote still in packaging:
[attachment=39789,547]
You can see it has necessary backlit keys, and model number is on label.
gomezz – 1 hour ago »
Or treat yourself to a Logica Harmony universal remote control?
Logica?
Massive thanks Barry, 2 versions of the RM-I08U was the only logical explanation I could come up with after further reading.
Anyone recommend a good place to purchase one? I’m tempted to keep the original remote unless I can get a really cheap one, the HB-1000S only cost me £40 second hand!
Think im going to try a logitech harmony, not sure which one but a cheapish one. Can the newer version of the standard remote change tv input and turn the tv off?
I will probably be swapping between my amazon firetv and the humax box quite a bit. My old sky remote was perfect in terms of functionality shame humax didnt quite do so well.
What functions the newer Humax remote can control on your TV differs from manufacturer to manufacturer.
You should be able to power on/off, control volume, and access TV menus.
Changing inputs may/may not work – trial and error as to which button, if any, will perform the function.
Thanks for the help, im in two minds to go for the genuine one or the harmony 350.
Leaning towards the 350, anyone used one with the humax and found it any good?
lightfast – 1 hour ago »
Thanks for the help, im in two minds to go for the genuine one or the harmony 350.
Leaning towards the 350, anyone used one with the humax and found it any good?
Logitech Harmony remotes use what is called an activity based approach which some like and others do not.
Suppose you have a 1000S connected to a AV amplifier which you normally use for the sound and a TV for the pictures.
When you setup the remote you tell it which items of kit you need for the activity.
In this case the 1000S, your AV amplifier and your TV. Pressing the activity button (say watch 1000S), switches them all on (there can be issues with kit that has no discrete on/off commands, only a power toggle. The remote can get out of synch).
Then you have to identify which inputs are to be selected on the TV and AV receiver and select the AV receiver to be used for volume and the TV for the video.
This sounds great in practice, but it can be a frustrating experience as when you end the activity it switches off all the kit in the activity (which may or may not be what you want to do).
The alternative is having to push a button to tell the box which item of kit you want to control.
The halfway house is a remote that has volume punch-through.
In that case the remote controls all the functions of the device it’s set to work with except the volume which you call allocate to another device (eg your TV). I think Sky remotes use this approach.
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago »
lightfast – 1 hour ago »
Thanks for the help, im in two minds to go for the genuine one or the harmony 350.
Leaning towards the 350, anyone used one with the humax and found it any good?
Logitech Harmony remotes use what is called an activity based approach which some like and others do not.
Suppose you have a 1000S connected to a AV amplifier which you normally use for the sound and a TV for the pictures.
When you setup the remote you tell it which items of kit you need for the activity.
In this case the 1000S, your AV amplifier and your TV. Pressing the activity button (say watch 1000S), switches them all on (there can be issues with kit that has no discrete on/off commands, only a power toggle. The remote can get out of synch).
Then you have to identify which inputs are to be selected on the TV and AV receiver and select the AV receiver to be used for volume and the TV for the video.
This sounds great in practice, but it can be a frustrating experience as when you end the activity it switches off all the kit in the activity (which may or may not be what you want to do).
The alternative is having to push a button to tell the box which item of kit you want to control.
The halfway house is a remote that has volume punch-through.
In that case the remote controls all the functions of the device it’s set to work with except the volume which you call allocate to another device (eg your TV). I think Sky remotes use this approach.
Graham – could it be that Sky does not currently support AC3?
grahamlthompson – 24 minutes ago »
This sounds great in practice, but it can be a frustrating experience as when you end the activity it switches off all the kit in the activity (which may or may not be what you want to do
You can set it to *not* turn off bits of kit which are not going to be used when you switch activity. For example, mine is set up to have total manual control of turning my PVRs on and off and I even have a dummy Device set up with the ON/OFF codes of all my PVRs.
My rule of thumb is to not turn off any PVR which will be used again within the hour to watch or record.
Thanks gonna go for the harmony as I can integrate with kodi down the line
REPASSAC – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago »
lightfast – 1 hour ago »
Thanks for the help, im in two minds to go for the genuine one or the harmony 350.
Leaning towards the 350, anyone used one with the humax and found it any good?
Logitech Harmony remotes use what is called an activity based approach which some like and others do not.
Suppose you have a 1000S connected to a AV amplifier which you normally use for the sound and a TV for the pictures.
When you setup the remote you tell it which items of kit you need for the activity.
In this case the 1000S, your AV amplifier and your TV. Pressing the activity button (say watch 1000S), switches them all on (there can be issues with kit that has no discrete on/off commands, only a power toggle. The remote can get out of synch).
Then you have to identify which inputs are to be selected on the TV and AV receiver and select the AV receiver to be used for volume and the TV for the video.
This sounds great in practice, but it can be a frustrating experience as when you end the activity it switches off all the kit in the activity (which may or may not be what you want to do).
The alternative is having to push a button to tell the box which item of kit you want to control.
The halfway house is a remote that has volume punch-through.
In that case the remote controls all the functions of the device it’s set to work with except the volume which you call allocate to another device (eg your TV). I think Sky remotes use this approach.
Graham – could it be that Sky does not currently support AC3?
Sky has always supported ac3. It has supported ac3 5.1 over hdmi for a while. Previous to the firmware update that added 5.1 to hdmi out, you only got ac3 stereo (aka DD 2.0 over HDMI), you had to use the S/Pdif optical output (aka Toslink) to get 5.1 when available.
Incidentally the Premium Sky Movies SD (subscription only) had 5.1 surround.
However from reading other posts, it seems that even Sky-HD own channels using 5.1 lack the sort of dynamic range (sounds dull down to over compression), compared to the quality you get on say a top quality BBC-HD programme with 5.1.
Try the Last Night Of The Proms on a decent sound system
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.